Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

When something looks impossible, don’t give up without testing its impossibility

I am a scholar of stupidity, so thanks for existing.

I am not sure if some people are luckier than others, but one thing’s sure: right place, right time, you can define it however you want, some people get more opportunities than others.

Better a fearful end than fear without end.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Being such a tomboy growing up, that was one thing that changed me as a person, as well. It broadened me, like me cracking myself open in a certain way.

I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults.

If you're going into stand-up, you're hyper-analyzing the world and asking as many questions about a thing as you possibly can so you can figure out the ultimate nature of that thing.

The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

Well, there's no monkey on my back.